Works Sited Harris, Stephen, and Gloria Platzner. Classical Mythology: Images and Insights. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2004. Woolger, Jennifer Barker, and Roger J. Woolger. The Goddess Within: A Guide to the Eternal Myths That Shape Women's Lives. New York, NY: Random House, 1989. Women in Greek Myth The myths of ancient Greece, although old in terms of time, convey a message that continues to have relevance for modern society and, in particular, women of today. While …showed first 75 words of 1102 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1102 total…family life with work. Similar to ancient Greek myth, western society remains strongly patriarchal in nature. Still, much progress has been made to gain greater equality and power for women in the arena of marriage, work, and politics. In matters of love, it seems that women may have surfaced as their own worst enemy. Liberation now allows them, often to their detriment, to do willingly what men acquired from them by force in times past.